PSA I was scammed

[Davyalabama]

My PayPal account got hacked a month or so ago and they were very helpful. I checked my phone when I got to work one morning and it was like “your password has been changed”, “your address has been changed”, “your PayPal debit card is on the way”.

I was able to get somebody on the phone and set up the 2 step verification, cancel the debit card and restore my information.

It was stressful but they did help.

I am certainly glad you had a great experience, we couldn't even get anyone on the phone, emails only.

We have since gone to two-factor authentication on everything, what a pain, especially when some websites only allow one phone number to be entered.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I am certainly glad you had a great experience, we couldn't even get anyone on the phone, emails only.

We have since gone to two-factor authentication on everything, what a pain, especially when some websites only allow one phone number to be entered.

I wouldn’t call it a great experience but I was able to finally figure out a phone number (which was sort of a pain in the ass) and I saved it just in case. I’m not defending PayPal by the way. I dislike them very much but I havnt found a great alternative. It’s a pain in the ass for me to go to the bank, get cashiers checks, take them to the post office etc. PayPal is pretty evil, they locked 750.00 of mine once for almost 2 months for no reason. Every time I tried to transfer it, the transfer would fail, on the phone they kept saying there was a hold, don’t worry etc etc. I finally got it but never got an explanation.